Proverbs 17:6
The crown of old men, consists of children’s children, and the adornment of children, is their fathers.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 50:23And Joseph saw Ephraim’s, sons of three generations—moreover the sons of Machir, son of Manasseh, were born upon Joseph’s knees.
1 Kings 11:12Notwithstanding, in thine own days, will I not do it, for the sake of David thy father,—out of the hand of thy son, will I rend it.
Job 42:16And Job lived, after this, a hundred and forty years,—and saw his sons and his sons’ sons, four generations.
Psalms 128:3Thy wife, like a fruitful vine, within the recesses of thy house,—Thy children, like plantings of olive-trees, round about thy table.
Proverbs 16:31A crown of adorning, is a hoary head, in the way of righteousness, it should be found.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:6
5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. See here, 1. What a great sin those are guilty of who trample upon the poor, who ridicule their wants and the meanness of their appearance, upbraid them with their poverty, and take advantage from their weakness to be abusive and injurious to them. They reproach their Maker, put a great contempt and affront upon him, who allotted the poor to the condition they are in, owns them, and takes care of them, and… Read the whole commentary →